If you’re a Brit who remembers the 70s, this album is a joy: Matt Berry - TV Themes
Such a lovely, simple concept:
Technology is no longer scarce, our attention is. Technology is breaking our attention. Tech should consume as little of our attention as possible, and only when necessary; that’s the core of calm technology.
Just been editing and adding links to this #next18 piece, and David Mattin’s framework for viewing new technologies is both useful and a little disturbing
Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposure
I’ll skip the obvious jokes and just say “oh, what could have been”. #interhacktives
This is a whole bag of “nope” from me: Facebook announces Portal, its new video chatting hardware
This, right here, is why men need feminism, too. Clichéd gender roles are harming both sexes. How Men Get Penalized for Straying from Masculine Norms
The two basics of digital #journalism that too many people forget: Attention and Atomisation
Much as I love Wikipedia, its process for assessing the notability of people is seriously flawed, and far too depended on coverage in the mainstream press.
Wikipedia rejected an entry on today’s Nobel Prize winner in May because she wasn’t famous enoug
The best single feature in Safari is its ability to search all the open tabs on any device tied to your iCloud account. I use that every single day.
“Hey, Siri. Play something I’ll like.” “OK. Let’s press play. Here’s the Corrs.”
Oh, we’re going straight to the dark place are we, Siri?
What I loved about this #next18 talk by @ecomoliterno — apart from the energy of the delivery — was the focus on digital solving local problems with customised fixes. It felt like an evolution of talks from 8 or 9 years ago, before we all got obsessed with the “unicorns".